Book-holder.



No. 792,441. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. J. A. MORROW.

BOOK HOLDER.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JAN.18, 1905.

UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

BOOK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,441, dated June 13,1905.

Application filed January 18, 1905. Serial No. 241,573.

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN ANDERSON MOR- ROW, acitizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Book-Holders, of which the following is a specification,referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbook-holding devices, and more particularly to that type of deviceswhich are adapted to support telephone-directories.

Another object of this invention is-to provide a book-holderparticularly adapted for use in connection with telephones, and I haveemployed novel means for detachably securing a book in my improvedholder.

A further object of this invention is to provide a book-holding devicewhich can be easily secured to the wall adjacent to a telephone, wherebythe device will be particularly useful in supporting thetelephone-directory. When used in this connection, my improvedbook-holder is provided with an advertising medium, and in someinstances the book-holding device is constructed whereby it will bereadily held at an angle to a wall upon which it is attached, while inother cases it is constructed whereby it can hang parallel to the walland be out of the way of any one not de siring to use the directory.

The invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully describedand then specifically pointed out in the claims, and referring to thedrawings accompanying this application like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my improved book-holding device. Fig.2 is an end view of the book-holder proper, illustrating a book as beingmounted therein. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating a slightmodification. Fig. 4is an edge view of a bracket employed for supportingthe book-holder. Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating a modification,and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the same.

The book-holding device which I have invented is particularly adaptedfor use in con nection with telephones, and I preferably secure the sameto a wall adjacent to the telephone and in such position that adirectory if held in the device can be easily manipulated in case it isdesired to find a number.

The supporting means of my improved book-holder comprises a bracket 1,the body portion of which forms a plate 2, having apertures 3 formedtherein, whereby said bracket can be secured to a wall or a suitablesupport by screws or the like fastening means. The plate 2 is preferablymade large enough to accommodate an advertisement, and upon this platemay also be printed the call-number of the telephone which it is used inconnection with. The bracket 1 is provided with apertures 4 4, which arehorizontally 'alined, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings.

The bookholder comprises two hinged members 5 and 6, which aresubstantially semicylindrical in form. Each member is provided with aplurality of sleeves7, which are formed by shearing away a portion ofthe edges and bending the lugs formed by said cut-away portions uponthemselves to form sleeves. A rod 8 is employed to hinge the members 5and 6 together, said rod passing through the sleeves 7 7 and the rodtherefore constituting a pintle for the members 5 6, and upon this rod Imount a plurality of coiled springs 9, the ends of which are adapted toengage the members 5 and 6, as indicated at 10 10. The springs 9 9 areadapted to normally hold the members 5 and 6 in a closed position, asillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The end of the rod 8 protrudes aslight distance beyond the hinged members 5 and 6 and is bent upon asubstantially compound curve, forming a hooked end 11, and

this hooked end of the rod 8 is adapted to be engaged in the bracket 1by inserting the hook in the apertures 4: 4 of said bracket.

When the hooked end 11 of the rod 8 has been secured in the bracket, asillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the hinged members 5 and 6 willbe supported at an angle to said bracket, whereby a book mounted in saidmembers will be supported in a position convenient to a person desiringto use said book.

The confronting edges of the members 5 and 6 are provided with a bead orfluted por tion 12 12, and these edges are adapted to engage the book ordirectory 14 which is to be supported within the members 5 and 6.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have illustrated a slight modification,wherein the edges of the members 5 and 6 are bent inwardly to formshoulders 15 15, upon which the binding edge of a book is adapted torest, and to support the backs of a book I have formed the edges withstraight portions 16 16,which are adapted to extend up along the backsof the book a short distance and rigidly support said book. Thisconstruction is only used where the books are of considerable depth andthe leaves thereof have a tendency to lie in an opened position.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings I have illustrated a modified form ofbracket, which can be conveniently used in places where it is impossibleto mount a book-holder which is held outwardly at an angle to itssupport. The bracket in this instance is sheared, forming a slot 17, andthe outer edge of the bracket is bent upon itself, forming sleeves 1818. In this form the slot 17 is employed in lieu of one of the apertures4, and in connection with this form of bracket I employ a pin 19. Thepin 19 is employed for supporting the book-holder at an angle to thebracket, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the pin beinginserted in the sleeves 18 18 to engage under the hook-shaped end 11 ofthe rod 8, which is inserted in the aperture 4 of said bracket. Shouldit be desired to allow the book-holder to lie in a plane parallel to itssupport or hang downwardly from the bracket 1, the pin 19 is removed andas the bookholder is lowered the hooked end 11,which protrudes throughthe aperture 4 of said bracket, rests upon the bracket 1 and supportsthe book in a vertical position to said bracket. When it is desired touse the book contained within the book-holder, the book-holder is liftedand the pin inserted in the sleeves 18 18 to support the same in theangularly-disposed position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

By forming the book holder of springpressed members the books can beeasily removed from the holders, and to facilitate this operation I haveprovided the sides of the semicylindrical members 5 and 6 with suitablegripping-lugs 20.

WVhile I have herein shown my improved book-holder as particularlyadapted for telephone-directories and the like, it is obvious that thesame may be readily used in connection with paper and magazine files andin'such places as it is desired to support a book in such manner that itcan be conveniently referred to when desired.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit and scope of theinvention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the type described, the combination with a suitablebracket, of a bookholder detachably secured to said bracket, saidbook-holder consisting of two springpressed semicylindrical membersadapted to engage a book, and a rod constitutinga pintle for saidmembers and engaging said bracket, substantially as described. I

2. In a device of the type described, the combination with a suitablebracket, of two springpressed hinged members disposed at an angle tosaid bracket and adapted to support a book, means to detachably securesaid book-holder to said bracket, and means for maintaining thebook-holder at various angles to a horizontal line in said bracketsubstantially as described.

3. In a book-holding device, the combination with a bracket having alarge plate adapted for advertising purposes, of a rod detachablysecured to said bracket and angularly disposed from said bracket, andtwo springpressed members hinged to said rod and adapted to support abook, substantially as described.

4. In a book-holding device, the combination with an angular brackethaving openings formed therein, of a rod detachably mounted in saidopenings, spring pressed members hinged to said rod, the edges of saidmembers being formed with a bead adapted to engage a'book to besupported between said members, and lugs carried by said memberssubstantially as described.

5. In a book-holding device, the combination of a bracket having twoalined apertures, a rod having a curved end passing through both saidapertures and means carried by said rod for attaching a book to the rod.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN ANDERSON MORROVV.

Witnesses:

K. H. BURTEN, WM. 0. Hnrrz.

